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How can I revoke execution of a Postgres function?

All functions access is PUBLIC by default, this means that any role can execute it. To revoke execution, there are 2 steps required:

  • Revoke function execution (foo in this case) from PUBLIC:
revoke execute on function foo from public;
  • Revoke execution from a particular role (anon in this case):
revoke execute on function foo from anon;

Now anon should get an error when trying to execute the function:

begin;
set local role anon;
select foo();
ERROR: permission denied for function foo